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The Irish standard., 1887-12-31
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Special Correspondence of The Irish Standard
The Sisters school closed for the ho]i-
days on Friday last.
Mr.. John Madigan, attorney at law
Of this city, has located at Waterville
MINI.
Father Rlochet has boen appointed
assistant to Rev. Father Christie, in
this city.
1t is rumored that John Jordon, a
prominent young man Of st. Mary s
township, is a candidate for sheriff at
next election.
John Mulcahy, a brakeman On the
Chicago and North hwestern r. r., wao
resided in this city, was killed at Kasota
On Sunday last.
Mr.. Hugh McGonagle, a prominent
young Democrat and one who has re-
sided in this county for over twenty
years, is prominent among the Demo
cratic asplrants for the Office Of County
Treasurer. Mr.. McGonagle is an able
representative OF theyoung Democrats
and his many friends would be pleased
10 see him selected for that Office.
Our yourg people are preparing tc
present the popular Irish drama St Ei
leen Oge," or ''Dark's the Hour Before
the Dawn next Monday evening at
the opera house with the following
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
The Time to Cut Grass.

Two acres of Timothy grass espe-
cially uniform in character and growth
were divided into two plats of one acre
each. One lot was cut in full bloom,
and the other was cut about sixteen
days later, when the grass was ap-
preaching ripeness. The grass was
carefully cured and the hay weighed
when stored in the barn. After being
in the barn for five or six months each
lot of hay was reweighed to determine
the amount of "dry" hay from each
cutting. The average increased yield
of " dry" hay was five hundred forty
six pounds per acre, where the grass
was nearly ripe, over the yield of grass
cut in bloom. The average shrinkage
in early-cut hay was twenty-six per
cent and of the late-cut nineteen per
cent. The average yield per acre in
four experiments of two years each
was 1855 pounds of early-cut hay and
3,501 pounds per acre of late-cut hay.
But chemical analysis showed that the
increased weight of late-cut hay was
due to the growth of starch and woody
fiber, as the heterogeneous compounds or
protein, the most valuable food cle-
ment, had increased none, or but very
little. This is strong argument in ia
vor of early-cut hay-cut when in
bloom. So true is it that the 1856
pounds of early-cut hay were found to
contain little more actual food ele-
ment than the 3,501 pounds of late-cut
hay. This was at the Pennsylvania Ag-
ricultural College. -Philddelphia Press
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
The Question of COddling.

We hear great deal about warm
stables, confinement in bad weather,
warm watering and other ways of
coddling the cows. Is this conducive
to the health, in which is the profit, of
the cows? Last winter, as an expert
ment | turned thirteen steers, cows,
fenced wood-lot to rough it, feeding
about three pounds of hay per head
each morning. The cattle came out in
very good condition and are now, at
the end of June, fattening up fast;
four of the cows have calved and are
milking better than they did last year,
when they were stabbed all the previous
winter and fed hay and meal, at cost
of SO per head. The present year
the cost of wintering was not SO each
A great mistake is made in regard to
warmth. A person sits in warm,
close room, with windows closed and
not breath of cold air admitted, and
shivers over the stove or fireplace in
temperature of eighty degrees. Another
sits in cool, breezy room, after brisk
exercise in the open air, at a tempera-
ture far below freezing, and feels warm
and glowing all over with health. 1t is
not outside heat which makes warmth
it is the internal combustion of the car
bon of the food with the oxygen of the
pure fresh air which may be below zero
and yet maintain a comfortable and
healthful glow through the veins which
carry to every part of the system the
vital heat thus produced.-A North
Carolina Farmer, IN Tribune
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03

horses. What stallion has ever got
race-horses from the same class of
dams? What success did Mambrino
Chief" Dictator" Electioneer
and George Wilkes " have in getting
trotters while standing in the North?
The records furnish the most conclu-
sive arguments. Compare the q 30
lists of all the great sires; analyze the
breeding of the dams of their best per-
formers; note the average records of
their get and the average number of
heats won in 2: 30 or better. These
are the facts which determine the
quality of the get of these noted sires.
Some of the i" Lamberts " have faults.
What family is there which has not?
Many of them are inclined to be hot
headed in company and take hold of
the iron stronger than is desirable.
From what source did they inherit this
propensity? Ask old horsemen, who
knew the characteristics of that gamey,
wiry, resolute 153-hand bay, inbred
Messenger" known as cold Abdal-
lah," which was never broken to har-
ness, but from whose loins have
descended nearly all the flyers that
have placed their marks at from 2: 10
to 2: 0S2 Throw away prejudice and
give the Morgans just what credit the
records show that they deserve.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
agricultural.
O. M. TINKHAM, Editor,

to whom all communications for the Agricultural and
the Household departments should be addressed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
The Stub-Tailed Rat.

Old quarrels are often forgotten in
times of common danger. Bitter foes
of long standing become friends in an
instant and work together for the COM
mon good. The following incident
serves as an illustration: AT one time
a Cornish vessel was infested by rats,
but in one way and another the crew
had succeeded in destroying or driving
off most of them There was one sly
fellow, however, which had taken up
its abode in the vicinity of the cap
tain's cabin, and proved cunning enough
to evade all traps and other devices for
its destruction. One experience had
proved enough for him; for he had left
his tail in trap, it was supposed, as he
was minus that member. This rat with
the stub-tail frequently came out into
the small cabin at night and ransacked
about, helping himself to any fruit or
dainties that CHANGED to be there. The
captain now and then saw him, and
more than once attempted his destruc-
ton by finging his boots, or anything
else which came to hand, at him. But
the little fellow never was hit. OF late
the rat had been getting unusually bold.
Twice he had spent the night, or part
of it, on the foot of the captains
bed, scudding'to his hole when day
dawned and his host moved. The
captain might have made friends with
the saucy intruder but for his thieyish
propensities. Thus matters stood when
there came up terrible storm and the
vessel was wrecked. The captain was
the last to leave the ship, and, as he
dropped into the lfe-boat, rat ran
along the rope and laid hold of his
collar. The captain turned and there
was the stub-tailed rat clinging to him.
" Poor fellow," said the captain. 8 You
are making an effort for dear life like
myself. Come along" The rat seemed
to have lost all his former distrust, and
submitted to being held in the captains
hands for a time, and then nestled
contentedly on his shoulder till they
reached the shore. The captain then
put him safely down near an old ware
house, glad to have saved the life of
his former troublesome foe.-Erchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
Animals Help Each Other.

Darwin, in his descent of Man."
has many kind things to say about ami
mails. Social animals, he tells us, per-
form many little services for each other.
Horses nibble and cows lick each other.
Monkeys pick from each other thorns
and burrs and parasites. Wolves and
some other beasts of prey hunt III
packs, and aid each other in attacking
their victims. Pelicans fish in concert.
The Hamadryas balloons turn over
stones to find insects, ETC., and when
they come to large one as many as
can stand round turn it over together
and share the booty. Social animals
mutually defend each other. Brehm
encountered in Abyssinia a troop of
balloons which We're crossing valley.
They were attacked by the dogs, but
the old males Immediately hurried
down from the rocks, and with mouths
widely opened roared so fearfully that
the dogs precipitately retreated. They
were again encouraged to the attack,
but by this time all the balloons had re-
assembled the heights excepting a
young one about six months old, which,
loudly calling for aid, climbed on a
block of rock and was surrounded. One
of the largest males, true hero, came
down again from the mountain, slowly
went to the young one, coaXed him
and triumphantly led him away, the
dogs being too much astonished to
make an attack On another occasion
an eagle seized young monkey, which,
by clinging to n branch, was not at
once carried off. 1t cried loudly for
assistance, upon which the other men,
bers of the troop, with much uproar,
rushed to the rescue, surrounded the
eagle, and pulled out so many feathers
that he no longer thought of his prey,
but only how to escape.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
Child-Life in India.

A baby in India is not rocked in a
cradle, but in a swing The houses
are very small, and have no furniture
except, perhaps, cot and chair for
the man of the house. Many, how
ever, have not even that. The family
sit on the bare floor and sleep on mats.
This would hardly do for the baby.
So, when the mother wishes to lay it
down, she takes one of her long cloths
that she wears instead of a dress.
ties the two ends together over a small
rafter in the low roof of the house and
puts the baby into the fold of the cloth.
This makes nice swing. Most women
in South India are poor and have to
work all day, and many have to take
their babies with them to the fields.
When they do that they make the
same kind of swing by tying a cloth
to the branch of a tree by the roadside.
There the baby is left for several hours,
while the mother goes off to her work
Very often the light wind moves the
branch, and that swings the child, so
that it sleeps quietly, reminding us of
the lullaby:
Rock-a-bye baby in the treetop,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and ALL"
The bough does not often break, because
the mother is careful to tie the swing to
tamarind, or some other tree that has
very strong boughs. But sometimes
the poor little baby, when it wakes up
alone, cries and wriggles about long
time before any one takes any notice of
it; and once in awhile it falls out of the
swing and gets hurt. Once a week the
family go to the weekly fair in some
village several miles away. AS they
are poor, they walk and carry the baby
by swinging it in a cloth hanging from
bamboo stick. The father walks
ahead with one end of the stick on his
shoulder, and the mother comes behind,
carrying the other end, while the baby
hangs in the cloth between them. When
they reach the Playground the mother
spreads her vegetables for sale on
little mat and lets the baby roll around
on the ground by her side.-Rer. J.
S. Chandler, IN Illustrated Christian
! lVeeklU
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
The Morgan Horse.

This breed of horses was formerly
the pride and glory of Vermont, and
as such had a worldwide reputation.
But the rage for trotters " came on,
and its apostles doomed other breeds
as peculiarly fitted for the turf. They
could not deny the superiority of the
Morgan horse for roadsters, for work,
for spirit, for endurance, for style, for
intelligence and for beauty, but they
couldn't trot. We take from the eX-
cellent horse notes of the american
Cultirotor a rather extended notice of
this breed and the performance of some
of its more noted individuals on the
turf, with the names and records of
some of the descendants of "Dan-
iel Lambert" the noble old horse
now owned in Vermont, as are also
Abraham" Gin Montpeler), g Ben.
Franklin " and " Addison Lambert -
Tin OrwelD, and g Golden Thought"
All these are near enough to the Majority
of our readers for their services to be
secured. The Morgans can be bred to
DIlllS US again our lOTlncT reputation
and profit. We quote:
1853" Daniel Lambert, - CHI. h. , bred
by John Porter, Ticonderoga, n. Y,
got by Ethan Allen" by " Vermont
Black Hawk" by " Sherman Morgan"
son of dustin Morgan;" dam, 4" Fanny
Cook" by " Abdallah," son of "Mam-
brino," by Imported Messengers"
second dam by Stockholm's " American
Star" by Duroc," son of imported
Diomed;" third dam by " Red Bird"
by Bishops " Hambletonian, by i'm
ported Messenger" "Daniel Lam
bert y got record of ZAP in a third heat
when but three years old, driven by Dan
Mace, who, at the conclusion of the race,
mounted the Judges stand and offered
to match him for 50 600 a side against
any three-year-old trotter in the world.
He was bought from Mr.. Porter by "a Mr..
A. C. Harris for Mr.. r. S. Denny of
Boston, who used him on the road at
Saratoga, n. Y, one season, and after
wards sold him to the late Benjamin Il.
Bates of Boston, who sent him to Mr.
A. G. Harris, Cream Hill stock farm,
Shoreham, VT, about 1866, where he
remained until the death of Mr.. Bates +,
after which he was brought to the we'll
known Bates farm, Watertown, Mass,
where he made few seasons in charge
of Mr.. William II. Tourtelotte. In
the fall of 1880, when twenty-five years
of age, he was bought by Mr.. David
Snow of Andover, who raised his serv-
ice fee TO 5000 the first season and
afterwards advanced it to $500 the sea-
son. His service fee at Cream Hill
stock farm was 500 by the season. In
the fall of 1884, in his twenty-seventh
year, he was bought at auction by Mr..
j. B. Ryder and other gentlemen of
Middlebury, VT, for 81 $50. He is
now owned by Mr.. Joseph Battell
Middlebury, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
Breeding Dairy Stock.

Just now the greatest struggle for
precedence and patronage is between
the breeders of dairy stock, and if a
man can keep cool and let good judy
ment control his own selections there
is ludicrous phase to the whole affair.
1t is now pretty generally admitted that
the general-purpose cow, at her present
stage of development, is an undesirable
piece of property almost anywhere, and
it will in time be learned that no one
breed of dairy cows is the best for all
places and all conditions. On a short,
dry pasture, which extends over wide
range of hills, large, heavy, slow-moving
cows are out of place; while on moist
farm, with certainty of full supply
of feed, they would be the most profit
able. Each man must study these
things with reference to his own case,
and not go crazy for something new
because it does we'll somewhere else.
Take advantage of the fact that this
lively competition gives you variety
to select from.-Mirror and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
Seeding with Corn.

Mr.. Editorials l have not before
contributed anything for your depart
ment l will answer one question L
saw in it, if you will accept of it-that is,
how to SOW grass-seed with corn. L
tried it to see what the result would be,
and have done so two years. | ma
nured the land heavily, plowed it in
and sowed the corn broadcast; sowed
on grass-seed and clover, narrowed
it in with Corbin wheel harrow and
smoothed it down with a drag made
for the purpose. sowed half bushel
of Sanford corn this year without
seeding down and it looks well.
Ten years ago had fifty-eight acres
of land, and have since bought
twenty-five acres more which joined it.
That winter l kept four COWS, one year
ling and two horses. Since then l
have got cellar under my barn that
will hold all the manure. | keep my
hogs in this cellar. Last winter l
wintered nine COWS (and bought one
more February I'd, making ten), three
yearlings and two horses, and had
twice the hay left over that l had ten
years ago.
We can improve our farms if we stay
at home and pick up the stones, which
is one of the greatest things in farm
ing for me. Then l want to manure
heavily, seed the same and so reap
good harvest. G.. l.. WILLIAMS.
Williamstown, Vt.
We thank our esteemed correspond
ept for his favor, which gives way
for seeding down with corn which we
had not seen tried or heard of being
practiced before, T. e., sowing the corn
and the grass-seed at the same time.
What was referred to in the question
was the seeding down where the corn
crop was planted in the usual way and
cultivated for crop; then after the
last hoeing, say about the middle of
July or little later, sowing the grass
seed among the standing corn, which
is harvested as usual. We can see
that this method would have some adj
vantages, one of which would be the
getting of the land into grass without
the taking from it of another crop of
grain-wheat or oats-as is usually
done. BY this method we also get the
grass year earlier, and grass is our
greatest and most important crop. But
how would it be about getting the land
so seeded smooth, so that the moving
machine, tedder and horse-rake would
work well. What is done with the
corn-stubble and how can the corn be
cultivated so that the rows will not be
ridgy? We would like to have some
one who has practiced this way give us
full account of the methods of cult
walton, the benefits and the drawbacks
of the practice. Friend Williams has
more than doubled the product of his
farm in ten years. How many have
done as well? And evidently barn
cellars and picking up the stones show
good results.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS

Purity and WhOcsomcness ofc Royal Baking
package Powder purchased the
other injurious substances f G. LOVE- IhD"
at scientific fact that the Royal Baking Powder absolutely
AN
tea other
az have analysed package of Royal Baking Powder The
Baking Powder
Worlds a
No of
chemists
a
of
Chemical Analysis
of each
trial of the Royal Baking
these
wdersto beo
or to
. avoided dangerous.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
fur tbe CHILDREN.
Natures Music.

Beyond the forest line
A grove of pine,
Towering DER the deep
Upon the hill-slope steep
Beneath the midnight moon
Sings a low tune.
Ascending, though no ear
Is nigh to hear,
Save his by whose strong word
Is stilled, or stirred
The misunderstanding sea.
o heart, from thee,
Taught wisely to opine
All winds divine,
Let soulful melodies
BE ever his. - IoutHs COMPANION
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
Best Time to Cut Oats.

When oats wers Graded in the old
days, before the self-binder came into
use, they were commonly cut rather
green and left to dry day inthe swath
before being bound. This was better
for the straw than the present practice
of leaving oats until dead ripe and then
binding at once. In threshing oats by
hand much more use was formerly
made of the straw than now. Cattle
and horses would eat a little bright
straw daily, and possibly find little
grain in it. In this imperfect hand
threshing only the plump, heavy grain
was got out. That lighter and chaffy
was left in the straw. Some farmers
attribute the deterioration of oats to
the thorough threshing they receive.
1t breaks some of the large, plump
grain and leaves the lighter berries to
be used as seed. 1t is perhaps worth
trying to hand-thresh enough oats for
seed in the old way.-Culticator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03

AN important element of the success
of Hoods Sarsaparilla is the fact that
every purchaser receives a fair equiva-
lent for his money. The familiar
headline, 100 Doses One Dollar"
stolen by imitators, is original with and
true only of Hoods Sarsaparilla. This
can easily be proven by any one who
desires to test the matter For real
economy buy only Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Sold by all druggists.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-13
THE SUPREME COURT.
Record of the Business Trans-
acted YeSterdaY.

The Supreme Court met yesterday and
transacted the follollowing business:
People VS.. Cline-On motion oil W.. d.
Grady, for appellant, ordered allowed thirty
days to file brief, respondent thirty days to
reply. l0S days 70 reply to cause TO be
thereup0n submitted.
People VS.. Scott-Ordered submitted upon
briefs on file.
People VS.. Leyba-on motion OF White or
dered cause be submitted upon briefs and
authorities on file.
People vs. Yut Lnng-Argued by Ward for
appellant, Deputy Attorney-General Tor re-
spondent, and submitted.
People vs.. Thornton ct al-Argued by
Stephens for appellants, Attorney-Gcneral
for respondent, and submitted.
People VS.. Guitterrez-Argued by stephens
for appellant, Atterney-General for respond
ent, and submitted.
People VS.. Dye-0n motion of Deputy At
torney-General, ordered that respondent be
allowed twenty days to file brief, appellant
ten days TO reply, and the cause to be there
upon submitted.
Admission VS.. Walter Loveday-On
motion of George II. Smish, Esq, and pre-
sentation OF license from the supreme Court
of the Judicature of England. and i'll evi,
dence of good moral character 1t is ordered
that Walter Loyeday be, and he is hereby
admitted to practice a an Attorney aud
Counsellor in all Courts of this State.
People V. Seaton-On motion of Deputy
Attorney General and being no appearance
or points and authorities ON file for appel.
liant. 1t is ordered that the Judgment ana
order herein be and the same is hereby
affirmed.
Lijuare VS.. Cal. S. p. r. r. Co.-Motion to
advance cause submitted; motion denied.
People VS.. Howard-On motion OF Grady,
ordered cause be placed upon this calendar,
ordered appellant be allowed twenty days to
file reply brief, cause be thereupon sub
mitted.
Dallemand VS.. Odd Fellows Bank-Argued
by Swift for appellant and Rogers for res
pondent, and submitted.